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Negative #2: Not enough rotation
It would have been nice to see Declan Rice get more of a rest than just being replaced by Kieran Tierney after 73 minutes. Arteta would surely have liked to use Jorginho in place of the hero of the 5-1 aggregate demolition of Real Madrid, but Thomas Partey's booking in the second leg likely wrecked that plan.
Arsenal will need the currently injured Jorginho against PSG while Partey serves a suspension. They will also need Jakub Kiwior to keep filling in admirably for Gabriel Magalhaes at the back.
Kiwior is another player who might have been spared this particular domestic outing, but Arteta had precious few options. Not having Riccardo Calafiori nor Takehiro Tomiyasu available reduced the ways the Arsenal gaffer could reshuffle the back four.
Calafiori and Tomiyasu are utility defenders, full-backs who can slide into the middle. Their absence was costly, but Arteta might have been braver and handed a start to another graduate of the Hale End academy.
It would have been tough sledding for a junior central defender, but the chance to rest Kiwior or even William Saliba was too tempting to pass up. Especially with Crystal Palace visiting north London on Wednesday and PSG doing the same six days later.
Arteta could have wrung a few more changes with the league all but done and dusted, but at least his team made the champions elect wait a little longer.
Positive #3: Liverpool made to wait
Thumping Ipswich means Arsenal have made Liverpool wait to be officially crowned champions. It's going to happen, and those from the red half of Merseyside are certainly deserving of the big prize for the enterprising brand of football they've played this season, but all Arsenal can do is delay the inevitable.
Well, not exactly all, but the Gunners at least accomplished one part of their remaining mission with room to spare. The next part must involve taking lessons from how Liverpool have sauntered to the title.
Specifically, how Arsenal's rivals have made it their priority to load up in attacking areas, in a way Arteta never has. Bridging the gap won't happen without a talismanic striker, another trickster on the flanks, as well as some company in the creative department for Odegaard.
That's the straightforward transfer remit for Arteta and new Edu, Andrea Berta, this summer. In the meantime, Arsenal are at least finishing the league campaign the right way and in the fashion they mean to start next season.